8TH GRADE BLITZ 2.

Warm Up (5 minutes)
Re-read the quote from yesterday:
You have enemies? Good. That means youve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill

Margot has enemies in All Summer in a Day. Is Winston Churchills quote true for her? Why or
why not?

Recap (5 minutes)
Lets review!
Exit Ticket Answers
1. D. Why?
2. C. Why?
Instant Recall
What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?

What do they have in common?

New Information (5 minutes)

Words You Need to Know:
Theme:
Characterization:
Resolution:

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Guided Practice (10 minutes)

First, lets talk about the major characters in All Summer in a Day in a class.
Margot

Children

Physical
Appearance

Actions

Dialogue

Characters
Goal(s)

How the
Story Ends
for This
Character
Additional
Descriptive
Words for
Personality,
Appearance
, and/or
Actions
From the story, why can we infer that the other children do not like Margot? What evidence is
there to support your answer?

In the beginning of the story, the children are described as so many roses, so many weeds.
What is the difference between roses and weeds? Why do you think the author described the
children this way?

In this story, who is the rose and who is the weed? What happens in the story to make you
think this?

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Partner Practice (10 minutes)

Lets talk about THEME! Paraphrase the definition for theme here:
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Remember that a theme
is
GENER
one story.

, which means that

LIFit applies to

, not just

Below, list all of the descriptive words that you and your classmates came up with on your own
(not ones from the story) regarding the characters or events in All Summer in a Day.
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You are going to use TWO of these words or groups of words to come up with themes for All
Summer in a Day. As you brainstorm, think about the following questions:

What does this story teach us about life/love/how to treat others?

What is the ending of the story, and how does it impact the characters?

Note: You may have to change the form of the word to make it fitjealous to jealousy or
beautiful to beauty.
Note: You do not HAVE to use the forms below, but you can.
Theme 1:
(descriptive word) is (good/bad/important/mean/etc.) because (what happens with/without it).
Example: Theme for Batman: Standing up for others is right because if no one stands up for
each other, everything falls apart.
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Theme 2:
When people are (descriptive word), (what happens as a result).
Example: Theme for Despicable Me: When people are afraid of change, they might miss out
on something great.
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Which of the two themes do you think BEST fits the message of the story? Why do you think
that?

Independent Practice (10 minutes)

Choose ONE of the themes you wrote with your partner and write it below:
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Now, go back into the story and find THREE quotes that support your theme:
1.
2.
3.
Choose ONE of those quotes, and answer the following questions:
1. What does this quote reveal about the characters in the story?

2. How does this quote support your theme?

3. What do you think the title of this story means? How does the theme you wrote with
your partner OR how do the characters connect to the title of the story?

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Exit Ticket (5 minutes)-- WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, RIP THIS PAGE OFF AND GIVE IT
TO YOUR TEACHER
1. A theme expressed in the story centers on
a. Beauty
b. Bullying
c. Friendship
d. Venus
2. What can the reader tell about Margots feelings for the sun?
a. She is indifferent1 toward it.
b. She is afraid of it.
c. She is jealous that the other children got to see it.
d. She longs to see it.
3. Read the following quotation: Margot stood apart from them, from these children who
could never remember a time when there wasnt rain and rain and rain. The quotation
suggests that the selection explores the theme of
a. Being smarter than others around you.
b. How difficult it is to predict the weather.
c. Why exploring other planets isnt always good.
d. Being different from others.
Preview for Tomorrow
Have you ever been bullied or have you ever bullied someone? Describe or draw what
happened in the box below. (This will stay private; this is just to get you thinking about what
were reading tomorrow.)

1 Indifferent: uncaring, uninterested

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